History School Book Club

History School Book Club

History School Book Club is a perfect resource for any high school student looking for a fun way to explore American history. Book Club content is based on our popular weekly book talk series, Book Breaks, and focuses on topics that are relevant to high school history education and interesting to high school students. 

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How It Works

Students watch a tailored Book Breaks video featuring a renowned historian discussing their pivotal work and answer knowledge-check questions interspersed throughout. Students earn badges as they progress through the units in each topic to keep track of their progress.

Each unit lasts approximately 30 minutes and contains 4 or 5 sets of multiple-choice questions. Students must answer correctly to progress to the next section of the video. They earn badges as they complete three, six, and ten units within a topic. 

African American History

African Americans have played a central role in shaping US history. Hear experts discuss key moments, milestones, and figures in Black history. Learn about military, scientific, cultural, and political achievements from the colonial era through the abolition of slavery, the civil rights movement, and the election of Barack Obama.

Image: Larry Lieber, Your Future Rests . . . In Your Hands, NAACP, 1964. (The Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLCGLC09640.160)

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